Mainstream Christianity’s attitudes about sex have always been complicated—and its institutions might even be able to evolve.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority has bolstered religious rights and now could change America's public schools.

E.L. 'Bubba' Henry, who was speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives when Edwin Edwards was governor and oversaw the ...

Every month at the Old Stone House, in Brooklyn, citizens are invited to find consolation in troubled times by writing out ...

A major test of the separation of church and state asks the Supreme Court to allow the country's first religious charter school in Oklahoma.

Discover the meaning behind conclave, Camerlengo and more terms used as the Catholic Church prepares for a new leader ...

A decision to allow a Catholic school to become a publicly funded charter would profoundly impact American education, experts ...

Religious charter school supporters frame denying an application to operate a religious charter school as the same kind of ...

The process of picking a new pope is filled with ancient rituals like a secret ballot and locked doors. See a visual guide to conclave.

What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...

Pope Francis' Camerlengo is Irish-born Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who announced the passing of the head of the Catholic Church ...